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Wheat That Springeth Green

Af: J.F. Powers Engelsk Paperback

Wheat That Springeth Green

Af: J.F. Powers Engelsk Paperback
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Wheat That Springeth Green, J. F. Powers''s beautifully realized final work, is a comic foray into the commercialized wilderness of modern American life. Its hero, Joe Hackett, is a high school track star who sets out to be a saint. But seminary life and priestly apprenticeship soon damp his ardor, and by the time he has been given a parish of his own he has traded in his hair shirt for the consolations of baseball and beer. Meanwhile Joe''s higher-ups are pressing for an increase in profits from the collection plate, suburban Inglenook''s biggest business wants to launch its new line of missiles with a blessing, and not all that far away, in Vietnam, a war is going on. Joe wants to duck and cover, but in the end, almost in spite of himself, he is condemned to do something right.

J. F. Powers was a virtuoso of the American language with a perfect ear for the telling cliché and an unfailing eye for the kitsch that clutters up our lives. This funny and very moving novel about the making and remaking of a priest is one of his finest achievements.
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Wheat That Springeth Green, J. F. Powers''s beautifully realized final work, is a comic foray into the commercialized wilderness of modern American life. Its hero, Joe Hackett, is a high school track star who sets out to be a saint. But seminary life and priestly apprenticeship soon damp his ardor, and by the time he has been given a parish of his own he has traded in his hair shirt for the consolations of baseball and beer. Meanwhile Joe''s higher-ups are pressing for an increase in profits from the collection plate, suburban Inglenook''s biggest business wants to launch its new line of missiles with a blessing, and not all that far away, in Vietnam, a war is going on. Joe wants to duck and cover, but in the end, almost in spite of himself, he is condemned to do something right.

J. F. Powers was a virtuoso of the American language with a perfect ear for the telling cliché and an unfailing eye for the kitsch that clutters up our lives. This funny and very moving novel about the making and remaking of a priest is one of his finest achievements.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 352
ISBN-13: 9780940322240
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0940322242
Kategori: Moderne Samtidslitteratur
Udg. Dato: 31 maj 2000
Længde: 21mm
Bredde: 127mm
Højde: 204mm
Forlag: The New York Review of Books, Inc
Oplagsdato: 31 maj 2000
Forfatter(e): J.F. Powers
Forfatter(e) J.F. Powers

Kategori Moderne Samtidslitteratur

ISBN-13 9780940322240

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 352

Udgave

Længde 21mm

Bredde 127mm

Højde 204mm

Udg. Dato 31 maj 2000

Oplagsdato 31 maj 2000

Forlag The New York Review of Books, Inc

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